In Tokyo, I draw cards and become a big demon

Nine-tree tsubaki.

At this time, Jun Kujo had grown her arms back and was sitting on a cheap plastic chair with her cane resting on her right hand within reach.

At this moment, she was holding a thick book, and her fingertips were moving slowly as she "read" the book.

Nanjo Aimi squatted down slightly and touched her ID card and special access card to the back of Kujo Tsubaki's hand.

"Ms. Kujo, please open the door."

"Ok."

Kujo Tsubaki smiled slightly and stood up, carefully placing the book in his hand on the seat. He swiped the two cards and took out his ID card from the lining before unlocking the door.

The three small Shikigami were left outside to prevent them from irritating the demons imprisoned inside for unknown reasons.

"Okay, everyone, please come in."

As soon as Kujo Tsubaki finished speaking, he seemed to feel Uesugi Tetsu's puzzled gaze.

Pointing at the book, she explained, "When I have nothing to do, I help people watch the door and read the files next to it."

file?

He subconsciously asked, "What kind of files could the Special Affairs Office have on various modern demons and strange stories?"

"—Modern, modern, ancient, and ancient history, all of which have been stored in the Special Affairs Office's archives in the form of files, but most of them are incomplete or fragmented."

Nanjo Aimi in front of him casually replied, "The information about the Eight Sufferings and the Separation of Love is also recorded there."

Ancient.

Doesn't that mean that even things as far back as the Warring States Period should have been recorded and stored in the archives?

In particular, there are obviously supernatural events such as the "riot in the Sanhe area caused by the evil spirit".

This is much more reliable than Wikipedia!

Uesugi Che's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Sister Nanjo, I have some information I'm looking for. Can I go in and take a look later?"

"I can go there immediately by submitting an application, but I can only go to the first floor where the general files are stored."

"that's enough."

Nanjo Aishi led him into a narrow corridor and pointed to the rooms in front that were made of special alloy and thick single-sided glass.

"These are the demons that the Special Affairs Office has found these past few days. Take a look."

Is it possible to contract a new Shikigami?

Uesugi Che clenched his fist and looked towards the first room.

He suddenly fell silent.

Because, in that room stood a burly demon with his limbs bound by thick iron chains, two horns on his head, a hideous blood-red mask on his face, and he was growling from time to time.

——[Red Prajna (three stars)].

Skip this.

Uesugi Tetsu doesn't want to find a Shikigami that has the same positioning as his incarnation but is completely weaker than him in every aspect.

This makes absolutely no sense.

He then walked into the next room.

In the room, there was a huge dog lying there with a sturdy body and covered with white fur.

It seemed to sense the gaze from somewhere, so it revealed its bloody, ferocious eyes.

The Inugami pretended not to wake up at first, and looked around twice nimbly. After seeing no one, he bared his teeth at the non-existent enemy.

——[Inugami (two stars)]

This dog god seems to be quite intelligent, but his strength is a bit weak.

Uesugi Tetsu thought that with the strength of this two-star, it probably couldn't defeat the leader of the Komainu group he summoned by ringing the bell.

Moreover, Inugami is a melee-type monster that tends to be a tank and is not a good support.

Uesugi Tetsu still wants to find a Shikigami who can control the situation and provide support for him and Nishaku-sama.

——Perhaps the subsequent demon incarnation, Baimugui, can do this, but it is impossible for him to maintain this incarnation all the time.

"Are there two more?"

Uesugi Tetsu walked to the center of the last two rooms and looked to the left first.

Then a grotesque monster came into view, with the upper body of a fish head with big eyes and drooling, and the lower body with human legs.

——[Mermaid (three stars)].

This look is so fucking ugly.

And he doesn't look very smart.

Although he has the strength of three stars, Uesugi Che doubts that Xiao Yuelan behind him can defeat the opponent within ten moves.

At this time, Nanjo Aishi said, "This mermaid might meet your requirements. She has three-star strength, a water-related talent that can slow down others, and an IQ that's probably about the same as a five-year-old child."

"But there are also drawbacks. First, their appearance. Second... the upper limit of a mermaid's potential seems to be three stars. We've hardly ever seen a mermaid with even three and a half stars."

After hearing what Nanjo Aimi said, Uesugi Tetsu was a little moved.

Although this mermaid's appearance is not very good, he is a strong man, so it doesn't matter if he is ugly!

"It's a pity there are only three stars."

Uesugi Tetsu shook his head regretfully - if he had multiple Shikigami possessions, he could naturally contract this mermaid first as a transition.

But he currently only has a "universal possession" that he obtained with great difficulty while completing a mission in the mysterious village of Arakawa. Naturally, he cannot use it on this ordinary, unremarkable mermaid.

He rubbed his temples and turned left to look at the last room.

Then, his eyes lit up!

Because, in the last room, there stood a heron that was nearly one meter tall, with a long and sharp beak and glittering feathers.

Moreover, blue-green flames surged all over its body, slowly distorting the air around it.

——[Blue Heron Fire (three and a half stars)].

Uesugi Tetsu asked in surprise, "Sister Nanjo, this Heron Fire..."

"This Heron Fire does meet your needs in every way." Nanjo Aimi also sighed, "But it went crazy as early as when it was imprisoned here."

"If you can tolerate it attacking indiscriminately during a fight, then it's not a bad idea to contract this Heron Fire as well."

Uesugi Che's eyebrows twitched when he heard this.

My goodness, the one who meets the most requirements actually has a problem with his brain.

It seems that this universal possession will have to stay in the storage backpack for a while.

"The number of Onmyoji is exploding, and Shikigami are actually a very scarce resource."

Nanjo Aimi was also very helpless.

"Basically, any demon with potential will be captured and contracted on the spot, or killed or allowed to escape."

She said, "The demons that are sent to the Special Affairs Office after layers of screening are definitely not so lucky."

Uesugi Tetsu: "I understand this."

He said to Nanjo Aishi helplessly, "So, next, please take me to find the craftsman, Nanjo."

"It's just a small matter. Follow me."

Nanjo Ai turned around and walked out with the clatter of her leather shoes.

After a while, the three of them came to a closed room where the sound of blacksmithing could be heard continuously.

Nanjo Aimi swiped her ID card.

Then the built-in door opened to both sides, and an astonishing heat wave hit Uesugi Che's face.

Chapter 157: The Great Demon Who Bewitched Everyone! The Serious Flaw of the Breathing Method (72k)

"Ms. Xiaoyue, could you please wait outside for a moment?"

Before Nanjo Aishi walked into the sweltering heat wave, he said to Akatsuki Ran, who was practically clinging to someone, "Or you could just let Hiyoribo show you around."

"I have no opinion."

Xiao Yuelan responded.

I have just arrived at the Special Affairs Office, so it is normal that I cannot go to some places. Anyway, Uesugi Tetsu will not suddenly run away.

——As soon as Uesugi Tetsu saw the door closed, he saw Nanjo Aimi in front of him take out a cigarette from her pocket and put it in her mouth, and immediately lit it.

Nanjo Aimi took a deep breath, then exhaled little by little with her eyes closed.

The woman's tense expression visibly relaxed.

He heard her complain unhappily, "It's inconvenient to smoke because there are too many people on the bus, and the Special Affairs Office also prohibits lighting cigarettes in public. I'm really suffocating, Uesugi-kun."

Uesugi Che now understood why she left Xiao Yuelan outside.

If Xiao Yuelan saw this scene, Nanjo Aimi's authority as a boss would definitely be reduced.

As everyone knows, in the eyes of outsiders, Nanjo Aimi has always been a serious, cold and gloomy person.

"Here, the craftsman you are looking for is just ahead."

Nanjo Aimi pointed forward.

Uesugi Che withdrew his attention.

Only then did he see that behind a huge anvil not far ahead stood a naked, muscular man holding a square hammer and grinning at him, revealing a row of shining white teeth.

"Hey! You're the Uesugi-kun that Nanjo was talking about! I've heard her talk about you many times before."

Qingshan Yi wiped away the sweat that was flowing like water with the rag on his shoulder, looked him up and down for a moment, smiled and nodded,

"Now that I see him, he is indeed a handsome man!"

Before Uesugi Tetsu could speak, he heard a voice from behind him.

"This bag is for you."

Then, a pack of cigarettes that Uesugi Tetsu couldn't recognize drew a parabola in the air that was faintly distorted by the high temperature, and then fell steadily into Qingshan Yi's calloused hands.

Qingshan Yi's eyes immediately lit up as if he had seen gold.

He quickly tore open the package, took out a cigarette, touched it against the anvil, and lit the cigarette butt with the residual heat.

"Whoo~"

The relaxed sounds of two smoke exhalations were heard simultaneously from the front and back.

He was originally wondering why Nanjo Aimi lit a cigarette as soon as she came in. It turned out that the two of them were old smoking friends.

The man who had almost smoked the entire cigarette in one puff took two puffs and then said to him, "Uesugi-kun, my name is Aoyama Yoshi, you can just call me Aoyama-kun."

Uesugi Che turned his head and looked at the two of them, and couldn't help but sigh that this was such a real life.

But then he remembered how the two of them subconsciously became relaxed after lighting up their cigarettes.

——For stress-resistant people like Nanjo Aimi and Aoyama Yoshi, smoking is probably the only way to relieve stress quickly without affecting work efficiency.

As for why Qingshan Yi is also called the king of stress resistance...

Uesugi Tetsu stared at the various equipment piled up next to the huge anvil, and the hammer that was twisted and broken in the trash can.

God knows how long Mr. Qingshan has to work alone in this forging room with no natural light and extremely high temperatures every day.

"so."

Aoyama Yoshi threw the cigarette butt in his hand accurately into the trash can, twisted his neck and made a series of popping sounds: "Uesugi-kun, what do you want from me?"

Uesugi Tetsu first took out two pieces of partially damaged equipment: "Repair these two first..."

"This is simple."

Qingshan Yi grabbed the palace official's robe and young crown, and heaved the smallest hammer onto his shoulder. He smacked his lips and snapped his fingers. "I'll help you cut in line. It'll be done in half an hour!"

half an hour?